
The captains of each country at the 2021 World Team Trophy were announced on Thursday. Among them is the only lady with this honor – Russia’s Elizaveta Tuktamysheva.
Canada will be captained by 2014 World Junior champion Nam Nguyen, France – four-time national champion Kevin Aymoz, Italy – five-time national champion in pairs’ skating Matteo Guarise, Japan – Olympic pair skating competitor Ryuichi Kihara, Russia – 2015 World champion Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, and United States – 2015 national champion Jason Brown.
The main responsibilities of the captains at the competition are representing their teams at the medal ceremony and at the press conference.